Michael Cavna

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Washington, D.C.
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POST DROPS ‘GET FUZZY’: How high the tolerance for comic-strip reruns?

POST DROPS ‘GET FUZZY’: Darby Conley’s strip raises question: What’s reader tolerance for comic reruns?

Thu Oct 31 03:21:16 UTC 2013

POST ADDS NEW COMIC STRIP: Welcome to the world of ‘Wumo’

Post alters its print comics lineup: The popular Danish strip ‘Wumo’ is in — and ‘Get Fuzzy’ is out.

Wed Oct 30 03:29:00 UTC 2013

‘IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN’: 7 Things You Don’t Know About Thursday’s ‘Peanuts’ Special

‘IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN’: 7 Things You Don’t Know About ‘Peanuts’ Special

Tue Oct 29 03:40:32 UTC 2013

Best Books of 2013: Judd Apatow leads celebs who go ‘Inside MAD’

Best Books of 2013: Celebrities, creators pick their favorites for twisted new ‘Inside MAD’ anthology.

Mon Oct 28 03:32:22 UTC 2013

Best Books of 2013: Junot Diaz & Jaime Hernandez team up deftly on deluxe illustrated ‘This Is How You Lose Her’

Best Books of 2013: Junot Diaz and Jaime Hernandez on their new illustrated ‘This Is How You Lose Her’

Thu Oct 24 18:35:40 UTC 2013

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: Artist Nate Powell’s collaborative memoir ‘March’

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: How artist Nate Powell helps tell John Lewis’s compelling civil-rights story, ‘March.’

Tue Oct 22 03:59:10 UTC 2013

Mark Twain Prize gets its right with award to Carol Burnett

The pioneering comedienne was honored in a heart-warming ceremony at the Kennedy Center.

Mon Oct 21 20:08:24 UTC 2013

Thompson-Watterson two-man show

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ and ‘Cul de Sac’ creators ‘happy’ to share OSU’s new galleries; dates just announced.

Wed Oct 16 21:36:42 UTC 2013

‘SUPERHEROES’: Filmmakers on tonight’s PBS docu

‘SUPERHEROES’: Filmmakers aim to hold mirror up to American culture in tonight’s PBS documentary.

Tue Oct 15 16:52:17 UTC 2013

PBS’ ‘Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle’ shows comics as uniquely American stories

A PBS documentary takes an in-depth look at the creators of heroes who still capture imaginations

Tue Oct 15 00:06:11 UTC 2013

Akram Raslan: Rights group clarifies report that Syrian political cartoonist was executed

Akram Raslan: Cartoonists Rights Network clarifies report that Syrian political cartoonist was executed.

Mon Oct 14 03:11:47 UTC 2013

Viral ‘I Quit’ video creator wins over Queen Latifah, holds out for Kanye

Producer who quit Taiwan-based Next Media Animation with viral video considers Queen Latifah’s job offer.

Tue Oct 08 17:24:57 UTC 2013

JEFF SMITH: Why the bestselling ‘Bone’ creator is a great addition to CBLDF board

Jeff Smith says Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is needed to protect creators — and consumers.

Fri Oct 04 16:58:10 UTC 2013

SHUTDOWN 2013: Eight Cartoons Take Aim at an On-Hold Washington

Shutdown 2013: Political cartoonists take aim at both sides of Congress amid a furloughed Washington.

Tue Oct 01 15:21:01 UTC 2013

YOSEMITE: As government shuts down, Google marks anniversary of national park you suddenly cannot see

Google Doodle celebrates a national treasure that as of today, because of federal shutdown, you cannot go see.

Tue Oct 01 11:50:00 UTC 2013

Interactive piñata Doodle celebrates Google’s 15th birthday

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Fri Sep 27 12:15:00 UTC 2013

Whither Burton Durand’s ‘Horse’ webcomic?

Would-be spambot Horse_eBooks was unmasked. So what happens to Burton Durand’s ‘spinoff’ webcomic?

Fri Sep 27 03:49:13 UTC 2013

Popular @Horse_ebooks inspired a webcomic that has just lost its comedic engine



Wed Sep 25 16:17:00 UTC 2013

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL: Lynda Barry on the 20 Stages of Reading

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2013: Wonderful new Lynda Barry comic illustrates the ‘20 stages of reading.’

Fri Sep 20 16:16:32 UTC 2013

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2013: Poster creator Suzy Lee wanted to reflect ‘everything you can do with books’

Festival poster creator Suzy Lee of South Korea wanted to reflect ‘everything you can do with books.’

Thu Sep 19 04:03:17 UTC 2013
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About Michael

Writer-artist-recovering-syndicated-cartoonist Michael Cavna is a man of many hyphenates. His articles on visual artists and comic art have been recently honored by the national Society of Features Journalism and the international Harvey Awards. A San Francisco native and UCSD alum, Cavna wrote the main text for the Eisner Award-nominated anthology book "Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's." "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz once told Cavna at a black-tie awards dinner: "You do funny things"; to this day, he does not know for sure whether Schulz was referring to Cavna's syndicated comic "Warped" or to his tragically askew cummerbund.

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